It was a very wild journey being here, and while I still like many sites and artists from here, I need to focus on my mental health, my life, and other things. That doesn't mean I'll be abandoning my site endeavors, I'll just be elsewhere... taking care of my stuffs, and running after the spark that brought me so close to web design to begin with.

oh this is sad to hear, but i hope you have fun with whatever endeavors you end up doing!

I was even trying to write a blog post on this, but I feel it's better to write it here anyways, so ye

@corvidoodle Yeah, it really is... but I feel it's something I need to do, like turning a new leaf or starting off a new moment in my artist's path. I'm hoping for the very best

Wishing you the best!

i can tell the community has grown and became more mainstream than what it originally was. i knew someone who was on neocities about when you created your site and i was inspired by him to do the same

@azuretom Thank you so much!! I wish you the best as well :]

@error-666 In a very odd way, the way some people would yap on status updates nowadays was reminding me a lot of text posts I would see on Bluesky or Twitter. Back then, things felt a lot more casual, I think - just people giving simple updates on their pages, and this whole thing of the community feeling tightly knit and fun. I was inspired by my friend Lu to do it, and it completely changed my mind!

@ninacti0n i've also noticed that. i don't blame you for escaping an environment where it feels like there's pressure to perform or have a "presence". that kind of shit i also cannot stand. i hope you get on a new cool thing that feels like what neocities was for you even if it ends up being pretty different!

very sad to see you leaving the community :( you can still send status updates here still and redirect to your new domain, right? I can assure you turning a new leaf over is a great decision, keep it up bro

@error-666 Yeah, definitely! As someone who's experienced the social media cycle and is beginning to pick up the signs here, I wish to unwind and go towards something simpler. I was thinking about 32-bit cafe, since its aimed at adults who enjoy web designing, but I'm also on the lookout for some other fun forums. I'm already hosting my site on HelioHost, so I'm chill with that

I'm really sad to hear this. Glad you're leaving the site up, I still can't wait to see what you get up to next :)

@jiobutler Yeah, I know it's quite sad... but don't see this as a goodbye, it's just me moving to live elsewhere ;] I hope you all keep things fun and silly around here, I was browsing through you folks' pages last night, and I'm amazed with all the different works that made their way into here ^^